See Sally Fly

Today is Sally Ride Day! Today celebrates the birthday of the first woman to go into space, Sally Ride. She was on board the second flight of the shuttle "Challenger" as a mission specialist on June 18th, 1983. There was a fairly massive media frenzy due to her being the first to break into that territory. I have to think that the greatness of her doings were undermined by some, though. There was one reporter who, before the launch, asked her "Do you weep when things go wrong on the job?" But aside from some reporters inability to see the more important aspects of the situation, I'm sure the day will live on along with the legacy she left. Celebrate today by learning a little bit more about space or the space program!


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~Kyle

Untapped Potential

Today is National Tap Dance Day! Today was made in honor of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, who is probably best known for his dancing with Shirley Temple. Tap dancing has always been something that I've wanted to be able to do. When I was bored as a child I would stomp around trying to make a beat, and when i found out about tap dancing via the Cosby show, I started trying to lightly tap my feet around our kitchen's hardwood floors. It doesn't work too well with sneakers and no training, though. Then, when we went to the movies, there was a "Celebrity Trivia Fact" about Jim Carrey saying that he used to wear tap shoes to bed just in case his parents needed cheering up in the middle of the night. Jim was pretty much my favourite actor, and actually probably still is, so that was a huge boost in my want to learn how to tap. Perhaps someday I'll be able to have the time and money to try out some classes, but for now I'll just have to stick to tapping with my sneakers.

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~Kyle

Bon Appétit

Today is National Escargot Day! If you are like me, when you hear 'escargot' you think something to the effect of "Ew! What? Thats a French thing, right? I couldn't ever eat snails! Well, maybe I could... Wait no! ... maybe?". Then you start a whole inner conflict about whether or not you could. Well, if you were to ever choose a time to eat escargot, today would be the day. I mean, if you look at it in perspective, think about how much that will widen your horizons in the culinary sense. At the very least, you'll be able to give an honest opinion next time it's brought up in conversation. Hey, you may even like it! Yeah! You know what? I'm doing this. I am finding a place that serves escargot and eating it TODAY! I might look for some friends willing to go with me, though. This isn't something you do by yourself. The more the merrier.

Thanks for reading!
~Kyle